Taking reading to a new level. . .

Kent loves this book! It sent waves of inspiration through him that he shared with his sister and the entire library. Here is the Barnes and Noble synopsis of the book:

A small creature offers his big voice for aspiring authors everywhereEvery child can be a writer-and Library Mouse shows them how!Beloved children's books author and illustrator Daniel Kirk wonderfully brings to life the story of Sam, a library mouse. Sam's home was in a little hole in the wall in the children's reference books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books, biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself!Sam shared his books with other library visitors by placing them on a bookshelf at night. Until there came the time that people wanted to meet this talented author. Whatever was Sam to do?

And what he does is create a book with a sign that says "Meet the Author," then children look inside the box and see the reflection of themselves. Sam then create little blank books for the children to write their own creations.

So my self-motivated son found an old jewelry box of mine with a mirror in it and made the Meet the Author sign. Then he and Evelyn sat down at the table and proceeded to write their own stories. And just to take it a step further deliver their box and creations to Gloria, our children's librarian!

Budding authors!
Writing their own stories!